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Vol. LXXX No. 20.908
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TUESDAY. JULY 13/1920.
TWO CENTS
Tb Greater New York
THREE CENTS
Within ZOO Mlle?
FOCR CKNTB
Elsewber?
Democratic
?Nominees to
[Tour Country
Cox and Roosevelt Will
Take Campaign Fight to
All States With League
of Nations as Big Issue
Plans Are Mapped
Out in Conference
?Vice - Presidential Candi?
date to Resign as Aid to ;
Daniels About August 1
Frem a Special Carrcspontlent
: COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12.?"The
league of Nations will be the dominant
??Jsstic of the campaign, and we shall
?tarry the fight into every state in the
Union," said Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Democratic nominee for Vice-President,
after a conference to-day with Gov- j
ernor James M. Cox, the Presidential
candidate, at the Governor's mansion
here.
"The party's position on the League
of Nations and reservations Is very
clearly set forth in the Democratic
platform, and we shall stand or fall on
?the issue as it is there outlined.
"Both the Governor and myself are
?Sj)t going to consider any state hope
?less." ??
Mr. Roosevelt also reiterated Gov
iernor Cox's recent iritimation that the
campaign will be carried into the West
at an early date. He said he expected
?to take the stump immediately after his
official notification. The notification
ceremonies, he said, he hoped would be
st his home at Hyde Park, N. Y.
Will Resign Navy Post
He also stated that he expected to
resign as Assistant Secretary of the
Navy about August 1, or immediately
after the return of Secretary Daniels
from Alaska. His des?r? to begin
preparation of his notification 6peech,
Mr. Roosevelt said, would hasten his
rssignation. He will go to Eastport,
Me., where his family now is, to pre?
pare his speech.
Mr. Roosevelt said he hoped to be
in Dayton on July 20, when the Demo?
cratic National Committee meets there,
and also that he hoped to see the
President soon. He said the time of
his conference with the President
would depend solely upon the desire of
the ChierFxecutive.'
Go?jernor Cox di-d not discuss the
conference with his running mate
other than to say they had talked some
of campaign plans and that they ex?
pected to continue the confeience to?
night. Mr. Roosevelt left for the East
-i 9:36 p. m.
Governor at His Desk
It was Governor Cox's first day at j
the Executive office since his nomina- j
lion. He arrived on an early train ,
fro? Dayton this morning and went
directly to the Capitol. At an informal I
reception the Governor spoke from the
steps of the State House to several
thousand Rersons, asserting he had
"never hroken confidence with the peo?
ple of the commonwealth," and adding
that he had the "deepest conviction
that the guaranty o" progressive gov?
ernment would be adopted by the peo?
ple of the nation in th? election of
?>Ir. Roosevelt and myself.
"It will be but an expression of the
nation that ?h?eir wellbcing lies in the
golden dawn of to-morrow rather than
iht twilight zone of yesterday,!'
The Franklin County Democratic
Glee Club, which helped to sing Cox to
victory at San Francisco, serenaded the
nominee at the noonday r^eeptip?. An
immense bouquet of American ?cauty
'oses, the gift of the Franklin County
Democratic Club, adorned the Gov?
ernor's desk in the State House when
he arrived.
Running through a stack of tele?
grams and letters on his desk during :
the conference this morning with news
paper men, the Governor announced re
cpipt of a four-leaf clover sent by ?
Junes H. Cox, cf New Lebanon, N. Y? !
who said it was picked from the lawn ,
of Samuel J. Tilden at New Lebanon,
lilden's birthplace. He also received;
a letter of congratulation and best
wishes from Sam Small, Southern evan?
gelist.
Cox's Manager 111
No definite announcement has yet
been made, relative to the place of
holding the formal notification meet?
ing. It will be either at Columbus or
Dayton, with chances favoring Dayton.
The Goverror this afternoon received
a telegram from San Francisco from
Wilbur Mcrsh, treasurer of the Demo?
cratic National Committee, stating that
E- H. Moore, of Young-stown, Ohio,
Governor, Cox's pre-convention mansi
ger, was seriously ill in a hospital
tnere from a nervous reaction.
The message ?tated that he was un?
der a nurse's caro and that no one was
permitted to see him. It added, how?
ever, there was no occasion for alarm.
The Governor immediately sent a mes?
sage of sympathy expressing the hope
that hie manager would be able to be
out soon.
Glass Predicts '?Corking
Good Campaign by Party'
Cox a Genuine Democrat, Says
Senator on His Return
to Washington
WASHINGTON, July 12.?Senator
Carter GlasB, of Virginia, home .to-day
from the Democratic National Conven?
tion, declared that Governor Cox, the
Presidential nominee, is "a genuine
Democrat, and if elected will give the
country a safe and clean administra?
tion."
Shortly after hi? arrival here Sena?
tor Glass, who was? chairman of the
committee on resolutions, went to. the
JVhite House, but did not see President
Wilson. He expressed himself ae
greatly pleased" with the work of the
convention, and said "he looted for a
corking good campaign by the party,
with every prospect of victory in No?
vember."
The Virginia Senator served two
terms in the House of Representativas
with ?Governor Cox, and Mid he re?
garded him highly. _?
A Word o? Wafeome
l? fr?<itt?ntir ?Ivan to ??mpterere o,*Aom'
P'oyo?? throush ?. Trtbtjno Reif W**]??*
?*??? ir you nasa th? worvio?? of a ?W??
???ko work?* ?r ???* ?mpiftra'Mt. J*?
*??? ?a? tho Trlbano K?lp We*?** ?X?H
??a? Tern ma^ln* p.a*+.*-A*Tt.
Wood Indorses Party Nominees
And Urges Progressive Policy
General Says Republicans Can Win Through United
Effort and Clear Expression of
Strong Principles
CHICAGO, July 12.?Major General |
Leonard Wood declared io-day that he ;
heartily indorsed the nominees of the
Republican party, "understanding that
the progressive elements of the party
are to be brought into the campaign
and given full representation and par?
ticipation."
"The party cart win through united
effort and such clear and explicit dec?
laration of program as will bring the
large independent vote to its active
punport," said a statement issued by
the former candidate.
General Wood, who conferred with
Senator Harding at Marion. Ohio, last
woek, defined what he considered nec?
essary points in a "progressive policy"
and ?declared that the party could not
win by destructive criticism.
"The party's policy ,?.iust bo clean
cut, forward looking and constructive,"
he said, ''one which, while recognizing
America's responsibilities as the lead?
ing nation of the world, will guarantee
her freedom from foreign control and
class domination; ono which will safe?
guard our traditional policies at home
and abroad; one which will complete
the enfranchisement of women, which
will stand against all forces and influ?
ences, tending (o break down morality,
the physical well being or the solidar?
ity of our people.
"It must be a Dolicv which will striv?
for a speedy return to a pence basis,
to a government under the Constitu?
tion; for economy, efficiency, revision
of war taxation; tor a strong but con?
servative foreign policy, a policy which
will protect American lives and rights
abroad; for the building up and pro?
tection of our agriculture and indus?
tries; for industrial justice based upon
the square, human handling of the is?
sues between lnbor and capital. Re?
member that labor is neither a com?
modity nor a chattel.
"It must bo for the improvement of
public education; for a highly efficient
aimy and navy, always ready?the prod?
uct of a truly American policy of na?
tional defense;, for the building up of
a merchant marine and a sound for?
eign commercial policy; for the care?
ful supervision of our immigration
and the systematic Americanization of
those who aro accepted; for the
strengthening of the sense of citizen?
ship obligation at all times, and the ad?
herence of these fundamental princi?
ples and policies on which the stability
r.nd permanency of our government de?
pend.
"In short, a government of the people
under, a clean cut, progressive policy,
meeting and dealing with the great is?
sues of the present frankly and cour?
ageously, with a view to solving rather
than avoiding them."
Wife o? Broker
Shot and Killed
By Chauffeur
Bernard E. Geissler Slays
Mrs. Arthur de Cordova
of This City and Fires
Bullet Into Own Brain
Woman Dies Instantly
Bodies Are Found Beside
Auto in Which They Were
Seen in Connecticut
NORWICH, Conn., July 12.-Mrs. Ar?
thur de Cordova, of 201 West Thirty
fourth Street, New York Citv. was shot
an<3 killed by her chauffeur, Bernard R.
Geiasler, on a lonely road in the town
of Stonington, about fifteen miles
south of this city, late this afternoon.
Geissler fired two shots into Mrs. de
Cordova's body, one shot going through
her heart and coming out under her
shoulder blade, the other lodging on
the right side of her back. Geiss'er
then turned the gun on himself and
emptied it into his brain.
Mrs. de Cordova died instantly, but
Geissler was still alive at midnight,
haviag been taken to a New London
hospital, where he was operated on.
Mrs. De Cordova had been stopping
for several days at the Griswold House,
at Eastern Point, with her two chil?
dren, a son about ' twenty years old
ar.d a daughter about seventeen. Her
husband is n broker in New York. The
motive for th^ shooting is unknown.
In a three-seated sport car the pair
started from an Eastern Point hotel
shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon.
They headed in the direction of Ston
ington. At about 5:30 ?o'clock, the po?
lice learned to-night, Mrs. de Cordova
and the chauffeur were seen speeding
through what is known as the' Road
District, which is the old Colonial
section of Stonington.
James Main, a farmer, said that he
saw them in the car and that thoy ap?
peared to be having what might be
termed a hilarious time.
About half an hour later James F.
Brown, of North Stonington, came
upon the tragic picture at the end of
the ride. In the middle of the road
sprawled the body of Mrs. De Cor?
dova. Across the barbed wire fence
was the chauffeur, still breathing, but
evidently fatally wounded. Between
the two was an army pistol.
Brown notified the authorities. Tho
chauffeur was rushed to the hospital.
Mrs. de Cordova's body was taken to
Mystic, where an examination was
made by Medical Examiner Gray.
In her purse was $80 in money and
her jewels had not been touched.
In the automobile were found a bot?
tle of Scotch whisky, partly con?
sumed, and many cigarette stubs.
Mr De Cordova is a member of the
firm of Cyril De Cordova & Brother, of
25 Broad Street.
At the de Cordova home, 251 West
Eighty-ninth Street, it was learned that
the family, consisting of husbatd, wife
and two children, had lived there for
nine years. On July 1 the last three
went to New London to spend the
summer and Mr. de Cordova has been
spending his week-ends there since
then. Ha was not at his home last
night and, the door attendant said,
had not been in.
Third Rail Kills
Boy. 4. at Play
Malcolm McCormack, four years old,
was killed by the third rail of the
Brighton Beach Elevated line near Ave?
nue U, Brooklyn, at 6:30 p. m. yester?
day. The boy was the son of Owen
McCormack, an automobile salesman, of
1979 Homecliff Avenue, Brooklyn.
With his brother, Robert, five years
old. and several other youngsters, Mal?
colm unlatched a gate in the protective
fence and begun to play or the slope
of the embankment on which the ele?
vated tracks are laid at this point.
While running along the top of the
embankment, Malcolm tripped and fell
across a third rail.
He was killed instantly, a physician
said later. His brother and one of the
other boys ran to the spot and were
on the point of seizing their companion
to drag him from the rail, when Her?
man Meyers, motorman of a train ap?
proaching from Manhattan, halted them
with a shout.
Meyers was vastly relieved when he
saw the youngsters draw back from the
body, through which the current from
the third rail was coursing. He
brought his tram to a stop, and in his
haste to get the body from the tracks
before one of the boys should lay
hands on it he ooizod it himself, with
the protection only of hi? leather glove.
The shook that ha suffered afcrotched,
htm eut tens?le*!? By this time Eman
??1 8chrank, eandnotor af the train,
had ??me up. K? had a ?air ef rubber
cloves and ?moved the boy's body.
Meyer? was re-rived and was able %o
return to hi? ?ar.
[Harding Takes
Dig at Cox Move
To Win Farmer
Nominee Glad Democrat
Recognizes the Error of
Professor and Publisher
Being Agriculture Head
Recalls Uncle Jim Wilson
Points Out Republicans Had
Man of Soil; Robins and
Cummins Among Visitors
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, July 12. ? Senator
Warren G. Harding, the Republican
Presidential nominee, halted work- on
his speech of acceptance to-day to take
a thrust at his Democratic opponent,
Governor James M. Cox
"I note that the Democratic candi?
date announces, as one of the first re?
forms he has In mind, to appoint a'
'real dirt farmer' as Secretary of Agri?
culture," said the Senator, referring
to the Governor's promise yesterday,
made in an effort to placate the farmer
vote, with which Cox is not popular in
Ohio. "That is a reform that the Re?
publican party does not need to adopt.
For sixteen years, under three Repub?
lican administrations, ' we had a real
farmer from a real farm as Secretary
01 Agriculture?'Uncle Jim' Wilson, of
Iowa, who made the department the
greatest of its sort in the world. He
ran it for the farmers, made it an in?
strument to fight for the farmers and
to serve them in a thousand ways.
Democrats Altered Poiicy
"When the Democrats came into
power they brought a university presi?
dent, Houston, as Secretary of Agricul?
ture and after him a publisher, Mere?
dith.
"The Democratic party certainly
needs to be reformed in this regard.
Tho Republican party certainly does
not. As in the ^ast, the Republican
party will r?o on developing the depart?
ment for the service o? real farms and
real farmers.
"The truth is that if the great De?
partment of Agriculture that 'Jim'
Wilson built up under McKinley, Roose?
velt and Taft had been maintained and
carried forward under the old Republi?
can ideals of practical usefulness, half
our problem of high cost of living
would have been solved for us in ad?
vance.
"It is gratifying to see this early
recognition of at least one mistake of
Democratic administration, and purpose
to correct it by returning to Republi?
can methods. A lot of others will be
found that can best be corrected in the
aame way; and when the country comes
to pass on the program, it will decide
to apply the Republican method of
correction directly?through a Republi?
can administration."
Important Conferences Held
Senator Harding had important con- j
ference8 to-day with his close friend,
Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa;
Raymond Robins, of Illinois, stanch
supporter of Senator Hiram Johnson,
and John R. Rathom, publisher of
"The Providence Journal."
Robins, who was chairman of the
Progressive party convention in 1912
and who in the campaign this year
was on the stump for Johnson, had
i (Continued on page 3)
Villa Bottled Up
In Parral Battle
Rebels Lose 40 in Dead,
Wounded and Prisoners
in Attack by Federals
MEXICO CITY, July 12 (By The
Associated Press). ? General Joaqu?n
Amaro has Francisco Villa? revolu?
tionary leader in the state of Chihua?
hua, bottled up as tho result of an
encounter near Parral, in which 500
rebels and 300 Federals participated,
General P. Elias Calles, the War Min?
ister, announced to-day.
The rebels, who lo.st forty men in
dead, wounded and prisoners, fled to
the hills, according to the War Min?
ister.
Anarchy reigns in Chiapas state as
a result of the activities of Rafael
Caly, Felipo Pineda, J. Ruiz and
Tiburcio Fernandez, who are trying to
form an independent republic, General
; Callea said.
General Calles added that General ;
1 Francisco Cos?o Rebelo had been sent
j to pacify these men??peaceably if pos?
sible, and if not, by loree.
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I > 1.1 bort y ?on tl ft
Beaa?t?SeM?Quot?*.
1 JraDot IShilt A Otv. ?1 BreHinf?A4"??
Seven Parties
Join Forces;
Labor Balks
Chicago Mass Meeting
Planned to Amalga?
mate All Factions and
to Nominate La Follette
Third Party Is
Deemed Certain
._
' Labor Party Demands |
Compromise, Threaten-!
ing to Name Own Ticket
?Ppreifil Dispatch to Tho Tribune
CHICAGO, July 12.?The formation
! of a third political party, uniting eight
political groups which have declared
themselves out of sympathy with the
? Democratic and Republican organiza?
tions, seemed assured to-night.
Seven groups have already formed a
coalition. The largest group partaking
in the conferences looking toward a
third party, however?the Labor Party
j of the United States-?is "still holding
| back.
The seven groups which have-joined
'? are the Cornmittee of Forty-eight, the
; American Party of Texas, rhe Single
Tax party, the No?pp?artisan League,
the World War Veterans, tho Private
Soldiers and Sailors' League and the
American Constitutional Party.
??* The attitude of tho Labor party was
voiced in a declaration sent to the Com?
mittee of Forty-eight announcing that
unless the leaders of the third party
I movement would compromise on the de
! manda of the Laborites, they would go
j ahead independently to-m,orrow with
?their party organization and would
withhold their support from the united
, party.
Hope was still held out, however,
: that a basis of agreement would be
reached soon and that the union would
be effected to-morrow.
Amalgamation Probable
Arthur A. Hayes, chairman of the
jeint committee on amalgamation, an?
nounced that a tacit agreement had
been reached which made the amalga?
mation of these groups a certainty. He
said it was no longer a question of
whether the small groups would join
in a third party, but one of how the
union would be effected.
Confidence that the groups will- got
?together for a .united ?Campaign in an
effort to break the hold of the old
parties on the country is so great
among the leaders of the amalgamation
movement that arrangements are under
way to-night to hold a mass meeting
of delegates to tho various conventions.
It is proposed that the new third party
be formally launched at this mass
meeting
The Committee of Forty-eight ap?
pointed a committee headed by Miss
Emily E. Dobbins, of Minnesota, to
meet with a committee of the Labor
party to arrange for a suitable hall
to accommodate the proposed mass
mooting.
The Committee of 'Forty-eight
also sent a delegation to the Labor
party convention inviting the latter
to send representative speakers (to
address the sessions of the Committee
of Forty-eight.
If the plans proceed as scheduled,
the new mass meeting convention
will put Robert M. La Follette in
nomination for the Pres-dency and
have Presidential electors en tho
ballots in November in every state
in the Union.
Labor Insists on Control
Insistence of the Labor party leaders
on holding undivided control of the
party organization they have formed
furnished a big obstacle to any real
progress toward amalgamation. They
were said to be ready to make a fusion
agreement for this vear's Presidential
campaign, unite on La Follette as the
standard bearer for the two parties
and join with the 48ers on a com?
mon statement of principles.
The 48ers, including Representatives
of the Wisconsin Senator, were report?
ed to be dissatisfied with a mere fusion
agreement.
The La Follette ambitions, according
to those who have conferred with him,
are said to include the formation of
a permanent third party, with public
ownership of the railroads, coal, oil
and other chief natural resources and
public utilities as the paramount do?
mestic issue.
Continuance of ti^e Labor party as a
separate political organization, fused
with other groups for a single cam?
paign, might prevent the full fruition
of these plans and the 48-ers were
holding out for complete amalga?
mation. To further this a second* con?
ference sub-committee to confer with
other groups meeting in Chicago was
named by the Committee of 48
convention. This sub-committee was
composed of Mrs. Ina P. Williams, of
Washington; Arthur Ray, of Nebraska,
and Walter Scott, of Illinois.
Convention Hears De Valera
The two conventions will be kept in
session marking time until the con
(Contlnued on pase 3)
CrokerFound
Mentally Fit;
Son Appeals
Florida Court Dissolves
Restrainer Preventing
Ex-Chief From Giving
His Property to Wife
His Son Must Pay
? Expenses of Case
Plaintiff Says Fight Will
Be Carried to the Su-|
preme Court of State j
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 12.?Rich?
ard Croker sr., for many year? Tam?
many leader, to-day was declared com?
petent to handle his own affairs in a
decision of Judge E. B. Donnejl, of
West Palm Beach, dissolving a tem?
porary injunction uroeured by his son,
Howard Croker, on March 30.
In his application for a temporary |
restraining order preventing his father
from giving away further possession to
his second wife, Howard Croker as
serted that tjie senior Croker had been
unduly influenced by his wife and that
the latter was, by her cunning, obtain- '
ir.g possession of his va.st hpldings ii\'
tho United States and Ireland.
For many years the senior Croker
has been passing his winters at Palm
Beach and it was while there this year
that the suit was filed.
The opinion of Judge Dohnell comes
after one of the longest cases of its
kind ever heard in a Florida court.
Many lawyers and alienists took partfin
the proceedings. The costs will fall on
Howard Croker.
John T. G. Crawford, of Jacksonville,
Democratic national committeemanfrom
Florida and counsel for Howard Croker,
declared this afternoon that appeal
would ?be made to the Supreme Court j
of the state. A motion of appeal was
forwarded to Judge Donnell.
The court in its decision said:
"The first question is: Is Richard ?
Croker sr. too enfeebled in mind to
manage his own affairs? The next j
question to answer is: Is he so under!
the domination of his wife's undue in-j
fluenee that he has permitted her to '
fraudulently gain possession and con- !
trol of his property?
"Under the evidence as applied to the i
law controlling, both of these questions !
must be answered in the negative, j
The manner and demeanor of Richard !
Croker sr. in the court and on the !
witness stand clearly suggest a man j
in full control of his faculties. His!
memory is no doubt impaired, yet he ?
remembered dates and transactions !
rather accurately.
"Impairment of memory alone does j
not indicate lack of mental capacity to
justify a court in holding the property
owner incapable to manage his own
affairs.
No Proof of Fraud
"A great deal was said in the testi?
mony of the alienists and in the argu?
ment of counsel about the delusion of
Richard Croker sr. He has had some j
misunderstandings with some of h?3
children of late years. He may be
wrong in his conclusions; but accord- I
ing to the evidence, his attorney as- j
sured him that he had not been dealt j
with fairly. This seems to me to be !
some ground for his contention, even j
though it be false. He expressed a
willingness to be shown that he is
wrong. Such being the case, I cannot
believe that his state of mind toward '
his children, nor on any other subject, !
constitutes delusions or hailucina- j
tions.
"There ?3 a great deal of evidence \
denying the charge of undue influence '
as well as the charge of mental ;
weakness. No sufficient proof of ?
fraud was offered. Richard Croker !
sr, has disposed of much of the prop- i
erty to his wife, and has not, for j
many years anyway, given any of his ?
property to his children. But if this ?
is his choice and he is comnetent to \
manage his affairs, it certainly can- j
not be stopped in a court of equity.
The right of a property owner to !
make his own disposition of his ?
holdings is jealously guarded by our
law.
"Richard Croker sr. confirmed all the i
transactions in the presence of the ;
court. And the evidence is that he ?
made them of his own volition and ;
generally without the knowledge of his
wife. For the reasons above set out !
and others appearing to tho court, it is
ordered, adjudged and decreed that the
temporary restraining order awarded in I
this case on March 30, 1920, be and the j
samo is, hereby dissolved and the bill
of complaint in this cause is dismissed.
All at the cost of the next friend, '
Howard Croker."
Fled Prison in 1917,
Fought in War, Retaken i
POUGHKEEPSIE, July 12/?-Ar?
raigned in County Court here to-day j
for having escaped from Kingdale
prison farm in the fall of 1917, Roswell
B. Thayer, of Schenectady, produced an j
honorable discharge from the United
States Army to show that he had en- j
listed three days after his escape and '
had served more than a year with the j
American forces in France.
He was recaptured after being mus- j
tered out of the service. Judge Arnold
has referred his case to the state
prison department for clemency.
Rickard Gets 10-Year Lease
On Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, which, it was
recently reported was to be torn down,
; has taken a ten-year lease on life. G. L.
] ("Tex") Ri?kard, the sport promoter,
I has his name on the lease. He closed
! negotiations with the New York Life
! Insurance Company, owners of the prop?
erty, yesterday. The terms of the trans?
action have not been announced.
Under Rickard's management the
i historic building will once more become
the center of New York City's boxing
activities. Rickard, who is acting solely
for himself, said yesterday he intended
to Btage, if possible, the Dcmp3ey-Car
pentier fight there. In order to schedule
\ fights for his own property, he has re
? signed his post as matchmaker for the
International Sporting Club.
The Garden will not alone house
boxing matches. The usual series of
sporting events that have taken place
there year after year will continue
under Rickard's management?the six
day bicycle racje, th? dog, poultry, j
motorboat, automobile, horse and other
shows will hold forth as in the past. |
The place will be open the year round, i
Rickard announced yesterday that he !
intended to remodel the Garden ex- '
tensively. The concert hall will be
eliminated and a gymnasium installed
in its place. The balcony about the
: big arena is to be lowered and seating ;
? arrangements altered so that the
: structure will accommodate 13,000 per
! sons, instead of a bare 12,000.
"During the next decade," said Rick
: ord yesterday, "every tradition and sen?
timent which has been associated with
! Madison Square Garden will be pre?
served. It will continue to be the Madi?
son Square Garden with which New
Yorkers and visitor? from all parts of
the world are familiar.
"I have plans and arrangements in
process of development which will add
greatly to the reputation and attractive*
ness of Madison Sqiwre Garden as the
sport and exhibition ?enter of America,' ,
Allies Serve Ultimatum
On Germany Over Coal;
Threaten to Use Force
-*s
Britain and Japan Notify League
Alliance Is Prolonged for a Year
LONDON, July 12.?Great Britain and Japan have notified the
League of Nations that they have prolonged their treaty alliance for a !
year, according to "The Daily Mail," at the same time pointing out
that the terms of the treaty are in accord with the principles of the
league.
The reason for the prolongation of the treaty, according to "The
Mail," is that Great Britain has not yet had an opportunity to consult
with the dominions regarding a revision of the treaty, which is necessi?
tated by the elimination of German influence in the Far East.
The old alliance expires on July 13. The treaty which was signed,
on July 13, 1911, provides for the mutual protection for ten years of
the territories of the two powers in eastern Asia and India, the preser?
vation of the independence and integrity of China and the maintenance
of the open door policy in China for all nations. It provides further that
if either power is involved in a war for the defense of it3 territory or
special rights in those regions, the other must go to its assistance. A
reservation, is included which relieves Great Britain of any obligation
to fight the United States.
Poles Retreat
On Whole Line;
Fail to Resist
Bolsheviki Advancing 77c1*
Beyond Minsk, but Lon?
don Hopes they Will Yield
to Demand for Armistice
Allied Aid Problematical
House of Commons Cheers
Statement L?nine Has
Accepted Trade Terms
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Inc.
LONDON, July 12.?Official and un?
official news from the Polish-Bolshe?
vik battlefront shows that the soviet
forces are advancing along the whole
line and that General Pilsudski's troops
are no longer offering any resistance.
The Bolsheviki are advancing con?
siderably beyond Dvinsk and are rapid?
ly approaching the battle line of March,
1919, which ran west of Minsk.
Whether the Bolsheviki will yield to
the Allied demand for an armistice is
a matter of some doubt here, although
it is generally hoped that the Moscow
government will agree to a cessation
of hostilities pending settlement of
boundary disputes by an international
commission.
Few Allied Troops Available *
There is much speculation here to?
day as to what material assistance the
Allies could lend the Poles in the event
that the Bolsheviki refuse to grant an
armistice. None of the Allied govern?
ments is prepared to send any con?
siderable force of troops to the battle
front, although the French already
have close to a 1,000 officers in Poland,,
some of them on Pilsudski's staff.
Dispatches from Rome say it is de?
nied there that Parliament will be
asked to authorize the sending of
military forces. In this connection it
is recalled that an Italian mission re?
cently went to Prague to obtain
guaranties that the Czech legions re?
turning to their homeland by way of
Italy would not be used against the
Bolsheviki.
Could Send Military Stores
Most of the assistance which the
Allies could lend readily would be
military stores which could be shipped
through Germany. They also could
send a few professional soldiers to re?
organize and strengthen the Polish
forces.
Announcement made by Andrew
Bouar Law, government spokesman in
the House of Commons, this afternoon,
that the Russian Soviet government
had accepted Great Britain's conditions
upon which a trade agreement could be
drawn and that the Allies had taken
steps to effect an armistice between the
Bolsheviki and the Poles, was greeted
with applause.
Colonel Josiah Wedgewood tried to
obtain leave to move adjournment as a
protest against "the Allied threat to
make war on Russia if they endeavored
to invade Poland," but he was unable
to get the necessary support for his
motion.,
WARSAW, July 12.?Victories for
the Poles in the Pripet region and in
Volhynia are reported in advices to?
day. The Bolshevik cavalry leader,
General Budenny, has been defeated
and is fleeing to Rovno, upon which the
Poles are marching.
The victory of the Poles in the Pripet
region is described as "complete."
Enormous supplies are declared to'have
been taken with the occupation of the
town of Owruncz, where 200 prisoners
also were picked up.
The troops operating against General
Budenny, the advices report, captured
Great and Little Zvein, taking eight
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Ulster .Would
Raise Army to
Fight Sinn Fein
! Sir Edward Carson Warns
Government if It Cannot
Protect County People
Will Organize Veteran?
ObserveOrangemen'sDay
Great Parade Is Held in
Belfast, With Banners
Defying Old-Time Foes
BELFAST, July 12 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The celebration oi
Orangemen's Day had as its great evenl
I the customary parade and, in addition
j a notable speech by Sir Edward Car
son, Ulster Unionist jfhder, whose pro
nouncement on the present situation ii
Ireland was looked forward to eagerly
Sir Edward, as usual in such matters
came up fully to expectations. H?.
minced no words, and the enthusiasn
reached a climax when'he declared ii
effect that the government had faile(
to govern Ireland and that if it coul<
not protect Ulster the volunteers wouli
reorganize and Ulster would take mat
ters<?tnto its own'hands.
Every hamlet, village and town i;
Ulster had some kind of a celebratior
and reports over a wide area to-nigh
are that all passed quietly, even i
Londonderry, where the two faction
are represented as ready to renew th
fighting should the military forces r<
lax their vigilance.
Belfast was guarded by soldiers, bi
the only troops allowed out of barract
were those actually on duty.
No Conciliatory Notes
Those people in England who hop
that a conciliatory note .i.:ght I
I struck in this celebration will be sad!
disappointed. There was nothing coi
ciliaSory about it, from the inscriptioi
on the banners across the streets d
nouncing the Sinn Fein to Sir Edwai
Carson's declaration that the people
the south would of their own voliti<
have to hang those guilty of politic
murders before Ulster would even co
sider unity, which the sponsors of tl
home rul? bill havj said they hopi
for. ?
The Revr George Timmon, suprer
head of the Orange order in the Unit
States, who is here with a few oth
Americans for'the triennial session
the Imperial Grand Orange Council
the World, speaking at Finaghy Pai
said: ^?
"It is said that three million Iri
are going to shake the British Empi
Well, we have ten million Irish
America and they are not going
shake the American Republic."
Discussing conditions in Ireland, ?
Edward said:
"I read daily of the whole govei
ment in some places being taken ov
by the Sinn F?in. I read of cour
councils swearing allegiance to t
Irish republic. Well, I want to "a
what the government is doing with t
county councils taking that cour.
My opinion is that such councils oug
to be dissolved. I read daily of t
Sinn F?in police taking part in 1
government of various towns.
"I say, if the British government
unable to deal with these matters
ought to ask somebody else. It is
ignominious thing foe-loyal subjects
the crown to be compelled to admit i
authority of those professing to act
the name of the so-called Irish
public. Yet, to my knowledge, th
are ?men in the south and west of 1
land who, ostensibly at least, have b
obliged .to throw in their lot with th
Sihn F?iners in order to save tl
persons and property from disaster.
"We know well that the real bat
field of Ireland in relation to a
public will be Ulster. We know \
that their one ambition is to peneti
Ulster and take possession there
they have elsewhere. Do not let
close our eyes to the realities of
situation, whatever may be the coi
quen?es.
Announces Terms lo Sinn F?Hn
"Never will we enter into nego
tions with the Sinn Fein until of tl
own volition they have?brought to
.scaffold the men who are ?iving
country throughout the world the r?
tation of being a country of crimii
und assassins.
Sir Edward concluded by wan
the government that, as Jt bad
fused Ulster's repeatedly proff?.
help and because of its inability
protect Ulster against the mach
tions of the Sinn Fein, "we will
organize in our own defence
volunteers who lent you such sp
did help to maintain the empire
ing the war.** z
Demand Delivery of Two
Million Tons Monthly;
Must Give Their Answer
at Spa at 3 P. M. To-day
Negotiations Reach
AnotherTense Point
Dr. Simons Protests, Say?
ing Low Production Af
fectsIndemnityPayment
SPA, Jjly 12 (By The Associated
Press).? The Allies served an ulti?
matum o i the German delegation to
the conference here late this after?
noon, demanding that the Germans
agree by 3 o'clock to-morrow after?
noon to deliver to the Allies 2,000,
000 tons of coal monthly. Otherwise,
the Germans were informed, the
Allies will take measures to enforce
the terms of ihe Versailles Treaty.
Thus, the negotiations with the
Germans have reached another tense
point. The spirit of conciliation
adopted by both sides ha.~ prevented
a break thus far, but the A?Uej
found it was necessary to issue this
ultimatum for carrying out the
treaty, which would entitle them to
a greater amount of coal than now
is demanded.
Subject of Three-Hoar Session
The question of coal was the subject
of controversy during a three-hour ses?
sion of Premier Millerand, Premier
Lloyd George, Count Sforza, the Italian
Foreign Minister; Viscount Chinda,
Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain;
Premier Delacroix of Belgium, Kon?
stantin Fehrenbach, tho German Chan?
cellor, and Dr. Walter Simons, tho
German Foreign Minister.
The Allies began by insisting upon a
monthly delivery of 2,200,000 tons.
The Germans offered 1,100,000 tons, and
the Allieg reduced their demand to
2,000,000 tons.
Dr. Simons represented that, coal
beijicr the very foundation of the in?
dustrial life of Germany, every ton
that Germany sent to the Allies meant
that much less production. He said:
"My contention is in European inter?
ests as much as in the intersst of
Germany, because our payments to
you are conditioned upon our industrial
production. You want your money. We
want you to have it, but how can we
pay large sums if you take away ?arg?
quantities of coal?"
Offer to Increase Deliveries
The German Foreign Minister of?
fered then to increase the deliveries of
coal from 1,100,000 tons to 1,400,000
within six months, and to 1,700,000 tons
within a year. This could be done, he
said, only if the Allies made better food
conditions possible for the miners and
contributed raw materials to build
houses for more miners.
The premiers, after prolonged dis?
cussion with the Germans, in a calm,
businesslike manner informed Chan?
cellor Fehrenbach and Dr. Simons that
the Allies must have their final answer
to-morrow.
If the German reply was rejection,
the Allies, it was declared, would take
measures to enforce their demands,
either by occupation of mining terri?
tories or by oCndiM?their own coal
commifsioH into GenWr.r.y to examine
the situation in the mining regions.
The ultimatum was delivered in the
quietest tone by the Belgian Premier,
M. Delacroix.
As the meeting dissolved the British
Prime Minister said to Dr. Simons:
"Think this over and come to our
terms."
Statement on Reparations
In a statement accompanying the out?
line of the German government'* plans
for reparations, submitted to the
Allied delegates Sunday ,n?g?^? the
Germans said their country could
fulfill future engagements only if
they are based on her financU?!
capacity. The German budget mu^*
balance, the statement insisted, or
there would be a rapid increase in
the floating debt and consequent in?
flation that would neutralize her capac?
ity to pay. There must also, it was
asserted, be no further diminution in
the fundamental bases of German
political economy, which are already
much weakened.
Assuming that Germany's ability to
pay is used as a basis, tne statement
asked that reparation obligations be
expressed in annuities, the rainimuTi
of which would be fixed, and the obli?
gation to pay such annuities limited
to thirty years. Stipulation was made
that the minimum of the annuities b?3
fixed according to Germany's financial
capacities, and, therefore, comprise all
obligations in money and kind, accord?
ing to the Treaty of Versailles. Tfaw
would relate especially to the under?
taking to pay the expenses of th?
armies of occupation, which are to be
covered partly by money and partly in
kind, which must, in principi?, be
credited according to universal market
prices. Request also was made that
the Allies fix the maximum sum due
for reparations, after payment of which
Germany would be free from any obli?
gations.
Participation by Allies
As the economic development of the
r.oxt thirty years cannot be foretold,
the statement asserted, a plan muat be
worked out by which Allied govern?
ments would participate in the im?
provement of financial and economic
conditions in Germany.
Experts from Allied nations and Ger?
many should meet as soon as possible,
the statement said, to fix the amounts
of the annuities to be paid and to
pass on the securities to b? demanded.
Germany's sovereignty in financial mat?
ters must not be infringed upon in
decisions regarding this feature of ad?
justing reparation payments. These ex?
perts should also fix the maximum sum
t0?Uf???f to the Allies by Germany.
Materi? Whlch Germany v, to deliver
to the Allies under the or ace treatv
for reconstruction of de?. ?A r*
?tons should be spec?j, "? ,,,
rations Commission, UR? - >'!